The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-04
LOVE IN A GARRET.
1t Turned Out Badly for Arthur
Wellesley.

The story begins on the other slde OF tHe
world and ends, for the present, in Bennett
street in this city.
A young man with the blood Of the i'm
mortal Iron Duke in his veins; young girl
whom he had wronged and who in turn
wronged him, rejected lover who did not
take his rejection as final; lmplacaple
parents; an old mans CURSE woman's
frailty; desperate and unvailing struggle
with poverty; these are the characters ana
incidents which make up drama OF real
life as interesting as many of the hctltlous
ones set forth upon the stage.
Eight years ago Alexander Smart,
Scotchman by birth, was well-to-do miller
near Sydney, n. S. w. His house and
mill were at Waverly, one OF the suburbs
of Sydney
The miller's wife was dead, but he had one
daughter, Maude She had no claim to ex-
IRENE beauty, but by her superior educa-
ton, charming manners ana good qualities,
she made havoc with the hearts of the
Sydney beaux
Then there came change in the fortunes
Of the honest miller The greater part OF
his money was in the care OF the Stock
Raisers' Bank, and it failed i'll March, 1879.
The miller was ruined.
Then his daughter Maude, who was de-
voted to him, obtained employment in one
She worked hard and faithfully, and every
week advanced in the favor of her employ
ers.
About this time a young man named
Hart, a graduate Of the University of Sgd
ney, became very attentive to Maude, and
for time it seemed as if he would be sue
cessful in his suit for her hand. But rival
appeared on the scene. This rival bore the
world-famous name of Arthur Wellesley.
He also was a graduate of the University of
Sydney.
The competition for the favor of the
young lady was evidently unequal. Wei
lesley was remarkably handsome, and
scion of a famous family. His father was
second cousin to the present Duke of Wei
lington, and directly related to the immortal
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, and
hero of Waterloo. Young Arthur Welles-
ley's father had anassed large fortune iii
the wool-raising business, and owned great
tracts of valuable land i'll the colony of New
South Wales. Perhaps it was but natural
that the affections of the Australian damsel
were easily diverted to the handsome and
arlstocratic youth.
Maude's father, the ruined miller, thought
he saw in this match a chance to retrieve
his fallen fortunes.
But what never does run smooth did not
run smooth in this case. The young mans
parents were violently opposed to the mar
riage, deeming Maide far beneath Arthur
Wellesley III birth and social position, to say
nothing of wealth. They emphatically re-
fused their consent. and besought Arthur
not to take so rash step.
But with the perversity prOverbial in
young men in thatcondition, the young man
refused to be controlled by his parents. He
was rich, accomplished, handsome, cultured,
and belonged to ducal family; he might
almost have had his choice among the bellies
of the highest Australian society, but he
vowed he would be true to the ruined
millers daughter.
The parents threatened disinheritance,
and even the prudent miller, under these
circumstances, advised delay, and finally
became almost as much opposed to the mar
riage us We're the WelleSleys. But with the
impetuosity Of youth, young Arthur pro-
posed an elopement. One night he and
Maude were missing, and not word was
heard from either Of them for two years.
Then it was learned that they had settled
in Tasmania, and We're living happily after
the love-in-a-cottage plan.
But the mother of young Wellesley was
not content with this state of affairs She
wrote imploring him, for her sake and the
sake of the family name, to come back and
ask the forgiveness of the father. She said
if he would do this all would be we'll
The mother did not receive a favorable
reply, Dub Sic large SUMS OF
money from her husband to send her
son. The young man was thus enabled to
live well, if not in luxury, until January
1885.
Then to his friends in Sydney came
the intelligence, to them, astounding, that
although he and Maud were living together
they were not man and wife.
When this was learned at Sydney the old
miller cursed his daughters memory and
llalr h.A,
John Hart, the sutton who had been dis
placed by the STRIPPING with ducal blood in
his veins, vowed vengeance Even the
Wellesley family felt disgraced, and young
Arthur'S father, already eStranged, dis
owned and diSlnherited his son, cutting off
the supplies Of money which he had been
permitting his wife to send his absent son.
Arthur Wellesley and Maude having fall
len from the comfortable position in which
they had been living, resolved to leave Aus
traha and come to America. Having a
classical education, he believed that he could
easily support himself and Maude. A
child had been born to them, a pretty little
boy, whom they named Garnet Wolseley,
after the noted General.
From this time their darker troubles be-
gan. Arthur Wellesley was stricken with CO.
lonlal fever and Maude wac i'll i'll health,
caused largely by the grief she felft when
she realized the position she occupied in the
eyes of her aged father.
They came to New York by way of Liv-
erpool They had little money and came
as Storage passengers. The steamer in
which they embarked from Liverpool was
the Inflated Oregon, and their perils and
sliferings in the sbeerage would have
filed a book. Jack" as the sailors called
little Garnet, very narrowly escaped
drowning when the steamer sank.
When at last they arrived in New York
young W Wellesley sought employment Their
intention was to be married as soon as he
had obtained paying situation, but as they
were devoted TO each other they thought
little about that. regarding it as a mere
form, which might De further postponed
without further harm.
Wellesley obtained several situations, but
for some reason did not keep them long
He was taciturn, silent and unsociable and
made no friends His employers soon be-
came suspicious, and he was discharged
This happened two or three times.
When he and Maude were on q O verge of
absolute want, they expended The last of
their money III coming TO tins Guy. That
was last February.
Since then, this young man, brought up
in atiuenco and reared in refinement has
had one misfortune after another, in un-
broken succession. Yesterday morning a
Globe reporter found him working as a cook
in miserable establishment on Bennett
street. With some difficulty he was pre-
vailed upon TO tell his story, part of which
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